Object

Accession No

1928.234.7

Description

Rim sherd from a large, open vessel. Everted rim; short, concave-sided neck; shouldered body. External surface brown grey, internal surface dark grey or black, both burnished. Reconstructed from two sherds.

Place

Europe; Eastern Europe; Hungary; Tószeg

Period

Early Bronze Age I Earliest Nagyrev

Source

National Museum of Hungary [donor]; Tompa, Ferenc [excavator]; Clarke, Louis Colville Gray [excavator]

Department

Arch

Reference Numbers

1928.234.7; TS513 [Excavation no.]

Cultural Affliation

Material

Ceramic; Pottery

Local Term

Measurements

Events

Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on catalogue card, no. TS513 in top right hand corner of card 318.
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Related Documents)
See card for sketch of profile.
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in pencil: '513'.
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou

Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten label in black ink affixed to object reads: '513'.
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou

Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten label in black ink affixed to object reads: 'Toszeg 513. Strat XVII'.
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou

Context (Display)
Old handwritten display label found with objects reads in black ink: 'Toszeg, stratum xvii. Bronze Age, Period i'.
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou

Context (Field collection)
Stratum XVII. Joint excavation by Ferenc Tompa, National Museum of Hungary and Louis C.G. Clarke, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in 1927. See archive (LL1/4/1 – LL1/4/3) for correspondence, notes, drawings, etc.
Event Date 1927
Author: Danlei Zhou

Context (References)
Childe, V. Gordon. (1927). ‘A Bronze Age Village in Hungary: A Thousand Years of Prehistory’. The Illustrated London News, 24 September 1927, p. 498.
Event Date 1927
Author: Danlei Zhou

Description (Physical description)
Rim sherd of an 's' shaped vessel, thin ware, burnished. Function: flared neck open bowl. Very dark grey, (Munsell colour 10yr.3/1).
Event Date 1928
Author: maa

Context (References)
Schalk, Emily. (1981). ‘Die Frühbronzezeitliche Tellsiedlung bei Tószeg, Ostungarn, mit Fundmaterial aus der sammlung Groningen (Niederlande) und Cambridge (Grossbritannien)’. Dacia, vol. 25. pp. 63–129.
Event Date 1981
Author: Danlei Zhou

Context (References)
Leighton, Mary and Stig Sorensen, Marie Louise. (2004). 'Breathing Life into the Archives: Reflections Upon Decontextualization and the Curatorial History of V.G. Childe and the Material from Toszeg'. European Journal of Archaeology, vol. 7. pp. 41-60.
Event Date 2004
Author: Danlei Zhou

Description (Physical description)
Rim sherd from a large, open vessel. Everted rim; short, concave-sided neck; shouldered body. External surface brown grey, internal surface dark grey or black, both burnished. Reconstructed from two sherds.
Event Date 7/5/2024
Author: Danlei Zhou

FM:50648